Wednesday, 27 October 2010

Listen to an interview with Palestinian writer/author Ali Abunimah on the growing popular protest movement against Israeli apartheid in Gaza, throughout the West Bank and particularly in the agricultural village of Bil?in.

Popular protests are growing in the West Bank, pointing to an expanding, organized grassroots response to the Israeli military occupation at the community-based level in Palestine, a direct response to the realities of Israeli apartheid beyond the Palestinian Authority politicians walking the halls of political power in D.C. pushing forward a negotiation process that has lead to little results.

Bil'in village's creative protest tactics have drawn international attention and endorsements from global political voices such as The Elders group lead-by South Africa's Desmond Tutu. Bil'in the film has also been the focus of films such as Bil'in Habibti, an progressive Israeli film that documents the popular struggle against the wall in Bil'in. Beyond Palestine, Bil'in launched a historic lawsuit in Montreal, Quebec against two corporations, Green Park and Green Mount International, who are currently constructing Israeli-only settlements on the Palestinian lands of Bil'in, lands stolen via the Israeli apartheid wall.

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